sidetrack russian
заболта́ть
to start chattering, to begin to chatter away
to start swinging (one's legs), to begin to dangle
to stir in, to mix in
to talk to death, to sidetrack with talk
отвлека́ться
to get distracted (from), to be distracted (from), to let one's attention wander
to get distracted (by), to get sidetracked (onto)
to take one's mind off things, to find a distraction
to digress, to stray from the subject
to disregard, to leave aside, to abstract away (from)
разброса́ться
to spread oneself too thin, to get sidetracked, to scatter one's efforts
отвлека́вшийся
distracted, sidetracked, preoccupied
Examples
Заня́тия господи́на Сузуки интере́сны, но он постоянно отвлека́ется на отступле́ния, поэтому мы никогда не добива́емся хоро́ших результа́тов с нашими уче́бниками.
Mr. Suzuki's classes are interesting, but his stories always get sidetracked, so we never make any good progress in our textbooks.
Don't get sidetracked.
Don't get sidetracked.
